28 
BULLETIN 51, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
that the housewife terms " eggy " or " strong." If the odor is not 
bad and if the mixing of the yolk and white is slight, the housewife 
uses these eggs for general cookery, though when the whites are to 
be whipped separately to lightness they are not satisfactory. The 
egg shipper does not attempt to send such eggs on long or hard jour- 
neys, because this mixing is accelerated by jarring; nor does he at- 
tempt to store them, because white and yolk continue to mix more 
and more rapidly. These eggs are therefore used very largely by 
the breakers. They should be examined very carefully for odor and 
appearance when broken, as they may be incipient forms of the "sour 
egg^^ (see p. 61). Table 9 illustrates the condition of this series. 
Table 9. — Eggs with the yolk seeping into the white. 
INDIVIDUAL EGGS. 
Total number of bac- 
Number 
teria per gram on plain 
of gas- 
Sample 
No. 
Date of 
agar incubated at— 
producing 
exami- 
nation. 
bacteria 
per gram 
Description. 
i 
in lactose 
20° C. 
37° C. 
bile. 
1910. 
3006-4 
Dec. 12 
77,000 
83,000 
3006-5 
...do.... 
...do 
1911. 
39 
25 
100 
15 
3010-2 
4003 
June 12 
10 
10 

111-2 
June 21 
5 
15 

Marked shrinkage — fixed air cell. 
111-3 
...do.... 
60 


111-4 
...do.... 
5 


1 
111-5 
...do.... 
30 
! 
111-6 
...do.... 
10 


111-7 
...do 



122 
June 24 
10 


Early stage. 
124 
...do 
5 
5 

Do. ! 
125 
...do.... 
1912. 
5 


"Strong" odor. 
136 
June 27 
1911. 
50 
30 

Early stage. . 
217 
July 11 
10 
10 

4103 
Nov. 1 
5 
90 

Clean shell; stale odor; marked shrinkage; 
movable air cell. 
4108 
Nov. 7 
2,000,000 
1,700,000 

Shell clean, but not fresh looking; stale odor; 
marked shrinkage; movable air cell. 
SMALL SAMPLES. 1 
Total 
' 
Sample 
No. 
Date of 
exami- 
number of 
bacteria 
per gram 
on plain 
agar incu- 
bated at— 
Number 
of gas- 
producing 
bacteria 
Gelatin 
liquefying 
organ- 
Percentage of 
ammoniacal 
nitrogen, 
Folin method. 
Per 
cent 
of 
Ether 
ex- 
Size of sample. 
nation. 
per gram 
in lactose 
isms per 
mois- 
ture. 
tract. 
gram. 
■ 
20° C. 
37° C 
bile. 
Wet 
basis. 
Dry 
basis. 
Bacte- 
riolog- 
ical. 
Chem- 1 
ical. 1 
1911. 
Eggs. 
Eggs. ' 
115 
June 23 
July 3 
3 
100 
3 
5 




72.35 
70.31 
10.96 
12.45 
12 
12 
24 
170 
"6." 6033' 
'o.'oiii' 
24 1 
171 
...do.... 
90 



.0033 
.0112 
70.66 
11.97 
1 
4 
172 
...do.... 
...do.... 
100 
100 
.0032 
.0029 
.0114 
.0103 
71.84 
71.78 
10.86 
10.55 
1 
1 
4 \ 
173 
""35' 
6 
6' 
^ i 
174 
...do 
180 
5 


.0038 
.0141 
73.12 
10.01 
1 
1 
